Psalms 31

1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] In you, Jehovah, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!

2 Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!

3 For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name's sake!

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!

5 Into your hands I commit my spirit. You redeem me, Jehovah, God of truth.

Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!

6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Jehovah.

I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

8 You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.

9 Have mercy on me, Jehovah, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones waste away.

For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.

11 Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

12 I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; For they take counsel together against me; They devise to take away my life.

14 But I trust in you, Jehovah. I said, "You are my God."

But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, “Thou art my God!”

15 My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!

16 Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!

17 Let me not be disappointed, Jehovah, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave! (Sheol h7585)

18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness and contempt!

19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the descendants of Adam.

O how great is thy goodness, which thou treasurest up for them that fear thee; Which thou showest to them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

20 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.

21 Praise be to Jehovah, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a besieged city.

Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!

22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

I said in my distress, “I am cut off from before thine eyes;” But thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried unto thee.

23 Oh love Jehovah, all you his faithful ones. Jehovah preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Jehovah.

Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!